Toy gun



March 31,#1925. 1,531,454

M. c. P. PARKER TOY GUN Filed Aug. 25, 1924 ///////%/Uwm.

Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1531,45@c PATENT-OFFICE..

MAYNE C. P. PARKER, OF NICHOLSON, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY GUN.

Application filed August 25, 1924. Serial N0. 734,017.

To all whom t .may concern.'

Be it known that I, MAYNE C. P. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nicholson, in the county of Wyoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Guns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear', and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved soundingtoy, and more particularly to a toy gun for children which will make a sharp sound or report whenever the trigger of the gun is manipulated.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved sounding toy and more particularly a toy gun which will be so constructed that it will have a tongue adapted to be engaged and suddenly released by the trigger, and a recessed sounding chamber positioned in the stock of the gun so that the noise will be considerably amplified.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of toy gun which may be made of wood, fibre, or metal, and which will be highly efficient in use and quite inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of my application,

Fig. l is a side elevation of my improved toy gun.

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view through the stock and a portion of the barrel of my improved toy gun, showing the same provided with a single reed or sounding tongue.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the stock and a portion of the barrel of the gun showing a double reed or tongue construction.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig 2; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and the accompanying drawings to designateV corresponding parts. My improved toy gun consists of a barrel l and a stock 2 which is suitably attached to the barrel by means of the screws 3. A. sight 4 is positioned on the upper surface of the barrel 1 adjacent the forward end thereof y as clearly illustrated-in the drawings.

The stock 2 is cut out from the bottom thereof or recessed to form a sounding chamber 5 vwhich is substantially inverted U- shaped in cross section as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. vides for the spaced oppositely disposed sounding walls 6 which serve to increase the sound made by the gun, as will more clearly be described later on.

In Fig. 9. of the drawings I have illustrated a single reed or sounding tongue 7 which is adapted to be inserted in the end of the stock 2 and held in position by means of the screws 8. The tongue 7 may be slight-ly tapered toward its free end or straight and is substantially fiat and terminates adjacent the star wheel or trigger 9 which is pivoted on the pin l0, which in turn is mounted transversely of the stock between Vthe side walls 6. It will readily be seen that as the trigger 9 is rotated, the adjacent lower point of the same will force or flex the sounding tongue 7 upwardly until the said point slips free from the end of the tongue, whereupon the sounding tongue will snap backward into its original position in contact with the next adjacent point. This snapping back of the tongue will produce a sharp noise or report,

This construction pro-v which will be considerably amplified due to the presence of the sounding chamber' 5 and the spaced sounding walls 6 of the stock. This operation may be repeated as often as desired, and every time the trigger is rotated a partial turn the tongue will snap, consequently making a noise which will be highly pleasing to children playing with the gun.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, I have illustrated a slight modification of my invention which comprises a scheme of hollowing out or forming' of the recess 5 in the stock, but in this type or modification a shoulder 11 is formed within the said chamber adjacent the rear end of the stock and serves as a support for the spaced tongue members 12 which are suitably spaced by means of the washers 13 held in position by means of the screws 111;. rIhe same type of trigger 9 is employed in this modification and is mounted on a similall pin l0, as in the first mentioned type of gun. The operation of the modified form of gun the same as in the first described gun, except that now the spaced sounding tongues are both flexed upwardly by the trigger and when fil they snap-backthe two tongues will. sharply engage each other thereby producing asound or report which will be considerably louder-V than that made by the irsttypefof unzfln this oase the sounding chamber Yan spced sounding Walls Will also considerably ama;

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I, Clam ,i y A toy gun comprising a barrel and interconnected stock, said stock being provided With an internal sounding chamber and spaced' oppositely disposed amplifying Walls or boards, a shoulder formed Within said stock, spaced sounding' tongues positioned on said Y shoulder, and a star Wheel trigger adapte'dto flex' said tongues uponrotatiori ofv thejsa'me'to produce aV d-istirret noise;A I

In testimony whereof I aiz'lny signature. V

MAYNE o.' P. PARKER; 

